Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

तिलमिश्रेण तोयेनातर्पयत्पितृदेवताः । गृह्यास्थीनि ततो राजा चिक्षेपान्तर्जले तदा

Transliteration

tilamiśreṇa toyenātarpayatpitṛdevatāḥ | gṛhyāsthīni tato rājā cikṣepāntarjale tadā

Translation

وبماءٍ ممزوجٍ بالسمسم قدّم سكبَاتِ الترضية فأرضى آلهة الأسلاف (البيتْر). ثم أخذ الملك العظام وألقاها في المياه.

Word by Word

• tila-miśreṇa: with (water) mixed with sesame
• tila-miśreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक) + miśra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; तिलेन मिश्रितेन (mixed with sesame)

• toyena: with water
• toyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: toya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

• atarpayat: satisfied / offered libations
• atarpayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛp (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘to satisfy/offer libation’

• pitṛ-devatāḥ: the ancestral deities (pitṛs)
• pitṛ-devatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्तृ/Subject), बहुवचन; पितॄणां देवताः (ancestral deities)

• gṛhya: having taken
• gṛhya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund) ‘गृह्य’ = गृहीत्वा; अव्ययभाव (indeclinable gerund)

• asthīni: bones
• asthīni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), बहुवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kala/Desha (Temporal/Locative adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/अनन्तर (then/thereupon)

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्तृ/Subject), एकवचन

• cikṣepa: threw
• cikṣepa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣip (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• antar-jale: into the water / within the water
• antar-jale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antar (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन; जले अन्तः (within the water)

• tadā: at that time
• tadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (at that time)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank, the king offers tila-mixed water as tarpaṇa; then reverently gathers bones/ashes and consigns them into the flowing Revā, with priests and ritual vessels nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs (Pitṛ-devatās)
• Tila (sesame)
• Tīrtha waters (Revā/Narmadā, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pitṛ-dharma performed at a tīrtha transforms ancestral rites into a powerful channel of merit and upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred waters, central to the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pitṛ-tarpaṇa using tila-miśra toya (sesame-mixed water) and the immersion of asthi (relics) into the river.